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Gresham

Post: # 2016068Post nostalgicsaint »

I'm not sure why this bloke doesn't cop more criticism on here.

Seems to me to have all the tools but may suffer from an attitude problem.


Turns the ball over regularly.
Goes missing.
Selfish with and without the ball.
Doesn't chase.


Today he attended 12 centre bounces and finished the fame with 1 clearance, 1 score involvement, 3 tackles and 11 touches. (4 turn overs)

Billings can have a 28 possession games with a goal and 6 tackles and people here want his head. Give me Billings over Gresham any day of the week and twice in a close game.


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Re: Gresham

Post: # 2016069Post Waltzing St Kilda »

Snapped a good goal and should have been groomed all along as a Milne-like forward pocket.

Either through personal ambition or club overestimation he's been played as a midfielder with dubious results.

I was hoping RTB would turn him into a premier crumber.


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Re: Gresham

Post: # 2016071Post magnifisaint »

He should leave.


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Re: Gresham

Post: # 2016072Post chook23 »

He was again very ordinary

Overrated

Has a lot of deficiencies


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Re: Gresham

Post: # 2016074Post chook23 »

magnifisaint wrote: Sat 24 Jun 2023 1:45am He should leave.
Playing like he wants to


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Re: Gresham

Post: # 2016077Post magnifisaint »

chook23 wrote: Sat 24 Jun 2023 1:48am
magnifisaint wrote: Sat 24 Jun 2023 1:45am He should leave.
Playing like he wants to
Honestly I can't remember when he last played well. He can't kick for s***.


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Re: Gresham

Post: # 2016080Post Devilhead »

Has been a huge disappointment this season and looks far from happy

Reckon he doesn't want to leave but we have offered him a contract well short of his expectations and its been playing on his mind


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Re: Gresham

Post: # 2016089Post therabbitinthehat »

This week was no different to almost every other week from him.

Does just enough to guarantee himself a game the next week, usually has that 1 moment of pure class to remind everyone of what he's capable of and then spends the rest of the time like a GoP. If he's at the club again next year it will be because no other team is willing to pay his asking price and for some reason I can't fathom, we are.

Put enough reliable a-graders around him and he becomes that game-changer spark every team wants, but we don't have that.


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Re: Gresham

Post: # 2016091Post Scollop »

Waltzing St Kilda wrote: Sat 24 Jun 2023 1:28am Snapped a good goal and should have been groomed all along as a Milne-like forward pocket.

Either through personal ambition or club overestimation he's been played as a midfielder with dubious results.

I was hoping RTB would turn him into a premier crumber.
He overestimates his own capabilities too. I suppose most hungry smalls do but he is really wasteful sometimes

I actually like him in the middle but he fades. Maybe doesn't have endurance needed to play the role for 4 quarters

The other thing that annoys me is how selfish he gets when he's anywhere within 50 metres. I think he developed some bad habits under Cho and was allowed to get away with it too often. Has never been dropped for this behaviour. Neither have some of his team mates


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Re: Gresham

Post: # 2016100Post saintbob »

Will be no great loss, zero effort most weeks and his disposal is ordinary.

Just hopefully someone overates him like our club has and is willing to hand over a decent pick.


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Re: Gresham

Post: # 2016104Post SaintDippa »

Need to keep playing so we can take picks 9 and 10 into the draft or use 10 for a trade.


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Re: Gresham

Post: # 2016105Post lewdogs »

SaintDippa wrote: Sat 24 Jun 2023 9:08am Need to keep playing so we can take picks 9 and 10 into the draft or use 10 for a trade.
There is no way on gods green earth that we will get a first round pick for him. He'd have to be paid in excess of 800K for that.


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Re: Gresham

Post: # 2016108Post Ghost Like »

More Y than X factor. Y is he getting a game. Y does he kick like a 10 year old. Y is his contract so big. Y doesn't he chase.

We can forget the X factor. Butler has more X factor and Butler only has two tricks, chasing and tackling but at least he brings those every week, unconditionally.

Gresham needs a fresh start, he's better than his 2023 output. It can be a win for him and the club. I think he's already checked out, he's playing like he has. Let Carlton or Essendon pay overs.

Our X factors are NWM, Owens and Phillipou. Butler and Higgins are well ahead of Gresham at the moment. We also have two unknowns in Peris and Hotton.

I think Gresham will play a blinder in the coming weeks but he needs to for his contract value. We need players who will play a blinder for the jumper and his team mates.


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Re: Gresham

Post: # 2016116Post Teflon »

Gone


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Re: Gresham

Post: # 2016120Post wally »

I think he would be a good professional sub……… come on for a qtr different match up and make an impact


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Post: # 2016122Post terry smith rules »

Really disappointing ..again!

I just wish he would start just doing some simple things well, and stop trying to do the incredible things every time


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Re: Gresham

Post: # 2016125Post Otiman »

terry smith rules wrote: Sat 24 Jun 2023 9:59am Really disappointing ..again!

I just wish he would start just doing some simple things well, and stop trying to do the incredible things every time
Good call, bit like what we did with Hunter Clark this year.


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Re: Gresham

Post: # 2016127Post B.M »

He is gone

If you haven’t signed by the bye round - you’re out

Maybe mentally checked out too

Not sure how he was a better player at 20 than he is at 25

We will get zero for him


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Re: Gresham

Post: # 2016154Post magnifisaint »

Won't be unhappy to see him home. Still kicks like a 12yr old.


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Re: Gresham

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B.M wrote: Sat 24 Jun 2023 10:15am He is gone

If you haven’t signed by the bye round - you’re out

Maybe mentally checked out too

Not sure how he was a better player at 20 than he is at 25

We will get zero for him
I guess that means Seb Ross has triggered his option for a third year then, hopefully.


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Re: Gresham

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lewdogs wrote: Sat 24 Jun 2023 9:10am
SaintDippa wrote: Sat 24 Jun 2023 9:08am Need to keep playing so we can take picks 9 and 10 into the draft or use 10 for a trade.
There is no way on gods green earth that we will get a first round pick for him. He'd have to be paid in excess of 800K for that.
Hellooooooooo Carlton :D


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Re: Gresham

Post: # 2016324Post Sanctorum »

Hard to know what's going on with Gresham, current form certainly not up to scatch, I would have thought that if his manager is testing the market he would be playing much better to increase his value. Maybe he has already committed to go elsewhere in 2024 and he's just marking time, avoiding injury which would jeopardise a move.


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Re: Gresham

Post: # 2016334Post Otiman »

Can anyone find him on this list?

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Re: Gresham

Post: # 2016350Post sunsaint »

Shop him
Had always reminded me of one of those punchem rollypolly clowns
The kind you hit and they keep bouncing back up
Too small for the middle keeps getting knocked down


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Re: Gresham

Post: # 2016351Post sunsaint »

Shop him
Had always reminded me of one of those punchem rollypolly clowns
The kind you hit and they keep bouncing back up
Too small for the middle keeps getting knocked down
Too selfush and wasteful in the forward line


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